Unit 13 Review Questions

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. A hurricane is most likely to develop:

in the southeastern Pacific at 12° south latitude in August correct incorrect

in the eastern Atlantic at 26° north latitude in August correct incorrect

in the eastern Pacific at 12° north latitude in June correct incorrect

in the western Atlantic at 12° north latitude in September correct incorrect

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. In which part of a hurricane is precipitation most intense?

Spiral rain bands correct incorrect

Eye correct incorrect

Eye wall correct incorrect

Front leading edge correct incorrect

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. What is the most typical track for a hurricane in the western Atlantic in the Northern Hemisphere?

Northward, then due west, and then northeast correct incorrect

Northward, then northeast, and then east correct incorrect

Westward, then northeast, and then east correct incorrect

Westward, then northwest, and then north and east correct incorrect

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. The primary energy source driving hurricanes is:

latent heat from warm ocean waters correct incorrect

the Coriolis force correct incorrect

trade winds flowing into the ITCZ correct incorrect

divergence aloft associated with the subtropical jet stream correct incorrect

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. The polar jet stream:

is typically embedded in the middle of a cP air mass correct incorrect

typically moves midlatitude cyclones in a westerly direction across North America correct incorrect

travels around the globe in an approximate straight line correct incorrect

creates fair weather where it generates upper atmosphere convergence correct incorrect

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. In a midlatitude cyclone, cumulonimbus clouds are associated with:

the peak precipitation of the warm front correct incorrect

the passage of the cold front correct incorrect

the relatively warmer air located between the warm front and the cold front correct incorrect

the first clouds seen with the approach of the warm front correct incorrect

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. If the center of a midlatitude cyclone passes just north of you, which of the following would occur first?

Rising temperatures correct incorrect

Falling pressure correct incorrect

Heavy rain correct incorrect

Winds from the northwest correct incorrect

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. The potential energy of the atmosphere:

stems primarily from the Earth's rotation correct incorrect

is mostly converted into kinetic energy correct incorrect

fuels all storms large and small correct incorrect

is important only for small-scale disturbances such as thunderstorms correct incorrect